While disco had been bubbling up from the underground, its moment to shine came with the release of the movie and soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever," which premiered in December 1977.

And then there’s 1977’s Saturday Night Fever, a film tailor made for the era of disco. The film was an immediate success, raking in over $200 million in the box office, thanks to Travolta in ...

John Lennon could be very hip. Despite this, he didn’t like one of the most popular movies of the 1970s: Saturday Night Fever. He discussed what the success of the film said about a younger ...